Mountain Valley’s Brooke Carver left, has no chance to stop Poland’s Nathalie Theriault after she stole a pass and heads to the basket during the first half of Tuesday morning’s playoff game at the Portland Expo. Theriault was fouled on the play and went on to score the basket and free throw. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) […]
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Freeport topples Wells in B South quarterfinal
PORTLAND — As a freshman, Johanna Bogue Marlow played on a Freeport girls’ basketball team that won two games. Three years later, Bogue Marlow and her teammates are to heading to where the Falcons haven’t been in more than four decades – the regional semifinals. Tuesday morning at the Portland Expo, Bogue Marlow stole a […]
And One: Mountain Valley boys in position to soar next year
Mountain Valley’s Cameron Godbois shoots the ball as Cape Elizabeth’s Tanner Carpenter and Andrew Hartel play defense during Saturday’s 2018 Maine State basketball tournament at the Portland Expo. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Not much went right for Mountain Valley in its 47-31 loss to Cape Elizabeth in the B South quarterfinals Saturday. The Falcons, though, are […]
B South boys' quarterfinal: Gray-NG stuns, overpowers Spruce Mountain
Spruce Mountain’s Brett Frey shoots at the basket past Gray-New Gloucester’s Ryan Lachance during Saturday’s 2018 Maine State basketball tournament at the Portland Expo.(Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) PORTLAND — It seemed that any time Gray-New Gloucester took a shot, the ball found its way through the net at the Portland Expo on Saturday afternoon. The No. […]
B South boys' quarterfinal: Top-seeded Wells survives Freeport
PORTLAND — Poor free throw shooting by top-seeded Wells through most of Saturday’s Class B South boys’ basketball quarterfinal kept No. 8 Freeport in the game. Wells, which had lost to Freeport by 15 points just 11 days earlier, knew it was tempting fate, so it put its fate in t he hands of forwards […]
B South boys' quarterfinal: Capers cruise past Falcons in second half
Mountain Valley’s Jacob Blanchard pushes past Cape Elizabeth’s David Hare during Saturday’s 2018 Maine State basketball tournament at the Portland Expo. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) PORTLAND — The exclamation point, if not the turning point, for No. 2 Cape Elizabeth in Saturday’s Class B South boys’ basketball quarterfinal against No. 7 Mountain Valley required two saves. […]
B South boys' quarterfinal: No. 3 Yarmouth grinds it out against No. 6 Maranacook
PORTLAND — When Maranacook’s perimeter shooting dried up, the drought opened the door to Yarmouth’s transition game in a Class B South boys’ quarterfinal game at the Portland Expo on Saturday morning. The No. 6 Black Bears’ (13-6) stingy defense tried to hold the No. 3 Clippers (13-6) in check, but Yarmouth had other plans […]
B South boys' basketball playoff preview: Region is wide open
Players to watch: Sr. F Cam Cousins, Wells; Jr. G Matt Sherburne, Wells; Sr. G Finn Bowe, Cape Elizabeth; Jr. C Andrew Hartel, Cape Elizabeth; Sr. F Nolan Hagerty, Yarmouth; Jr. G Noah Eckersley-Ray, Yarmouth; Sr. G Brett Frey, Spruce Mountain; Sr. G Mason Shink, Spruce Mountain; Sr. G Josiah Rottari, Gray-New Gloucester; Jr. […]
Class B South girls' basketball capsule preview: Gray-NG has company at the top
Players to watch: Jr. G Bri Jordan, Gray-New Gloucester; So. P Jordan Grant, Gray-New Gloucester; Sr. G Nathalie Theriault, Poland; Sr. F Jessica Seeley, Poland; Sr. G Alexandra Goodman, Freeport; Sr. F Jessica Driscoll, Freeport; Fr. G Shauna Hancock, Lake Region; Sr. G Chandler True, Lake Region; Sr. F. Lauren Jakobs, Lake Region; So. G […]
Girls' basketball: Spruce Mountain shelves Sacopee Valley in C South prelim
Spruce Mountain’s Calley Baker (32) looks to pass the ball as teammate Emily White (11) looks on during a Class B South preliminary game in Jay on Wednesday night. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) JAY — Spruce Mountain deliberately took its time and and eventually banished No. 9 Sacopee Valley (3-16) with a 47-19 victory in a […]